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Kansas Abortion Bill: Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Measure

Seeded on Sat May 5, 2012 12:26 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Kansas Abortion Bill Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has said that he will sign a sweeping 69-page anti-abortion bill. Following more than two hours of emotional debate, the Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives passed a sweeping 69-page anti-abortion bill. The pass …

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Ending the downward spiral on women's rights - Feminism - Salon.com

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:11 PM EST (Salon.com)

Amid all the celebration of the reversal in Virginia and in the Komen Foundation and the insurance of birth control in the Affordable Care Act, one thing remains true: If that’s where the battle over women’s lives is taking place, you’ve come a long way, baby.

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Kansas Abortion Bill Would Impose Sweeping Restrictions

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:59 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Kansas lawmakers have been given six days to consider one of the most sweeping state anti-abortion bills to be introduced. A Kansas House committee is scheduled to take up a bill Wednesday that would exempt doctors from malpractice suits if they withheld medical information to …

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'Conscience protection' bill goes before Kansas House | CJOnline.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:41 AM EST ()

The so-called “conscience protection” bill was introduced Tuesday. It expands a law preventing medical personnel from being forced to participate in abortions.

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Kansas House Members Endorse "Personhood" Measure

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:13 PM EST (Cjonline.com)

More than two dozen House members endorsed Friday a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that sponsors believe could trigger a ban on abortion in Kansas. The so-called personhood amendment, if passed by legislators in the 2012 session and approved by voters in Novembe …

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Personhood battle shifts to Miss. lawmakers – USATODAY.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:34 PM EST (USA Today)

JACKSON, Miss. – The blistering fight over whether Mississippi law should define life at conception is expected to continue this year by way of the Legislature.

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Wichita Mothers Stage "Nurse-in" at Local Target

Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:40 AM EST (www.ksn.com)

WICHITA, Kansas (KSN) -- Wednesday afternoon, Wichita mothers gathered for lunchtime. Their infants and toddlers were hungry, and they say they had no problem breastfeeding them inside a northwest Target store. "We're just coming to Target to say that we can do it," said Anna …

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Nevada Judge Rules Fetal Personhood Initiative Misleading To Voters

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:58 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

WASHINGTON -- Nevada's anti-abortion movement experienced a setback on Monday when a district judge ruled that a new fetal personhood ballot measure -- similar to the high-profile measure that recently failed in Mississippi -- is misleading to voters.

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A Doctor Testifies: Wisconsin SB 306 Will Endanger My Patients | RH Reality Check

Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:21 PM EST ()

Dear Chairwoman Vukmir and Senate Health Committee Members: I provide abortion care to patients in hospital settings as well as in outpatient clinics.

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Four

Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:05 AM EST
By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by Shannoscubie)

In this ongoing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Four, which governs the proper methods for posting articles and seeds on Newsvine, as well as moderating your column. Many comments led to the formation of the rules of …

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Three

Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:16 AM EST
By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by Shannoscubie)

In this continuing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Three, which governs the proper methods for presenting information on Newsvine, covering such topics as headlines, clipping, tags, news types and classification.

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ACLU files court document defending claim that Kan. abortion law discriminates against women | The Republic

Seeded on Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:57 PM EST ()

WICHITA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union is defending its claim that a new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage for abortion discriminates against women, urging a federal judge to reject a request by the state to prohibit that argument at trial.  

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article Two

Fri Dec 9, 2011 9:04 AM EST
By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by Shannoscubie)

In this continuing series exploring the history and meaning of the Code of Honor, we will now look at Article Two, which is essentially a prohibition on advertising, but not just advertising in the traditional sense.

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The Code of Honor Explained: Article One

Wed Dec 7, 2011 8:40 AM EST
By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by Shannoscubie)

This is not an attempt to claim or assume any authority on Newsvine, and should not be construed as such. Rather, it is written with the goal of clarifying what I see everyday - misconceptions about the meaning and application of the First Article of the Newsvine Code of Honor.

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Flavorwire » The 5 Film Commenters You Meet on the Internet

Seeded on Mon Dec 5, 2011 4:56 PM EST (Flavorpill)

Everyone who has written for the Internet has their own horror stories, and this author is no exception; I’ve been called “pretentious,” “painfully philistine,” and “a 13-year with ADD” (and that was all within one article’s co …

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Contraception: Expand Access, Not Exemptions | RH Reality Check

Seeded on Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:59 PM EST ()

HHS exempted from the contraceptive-coverage requirement those organizations whose purpose is to promote religious values, who primarily employ and serve persons who share their religious tenets, and who qualify for a religiously-related non-profit tax status—in sum, chur …

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Contraceptive Coverage: It's Not Up to Obama to Decide What's More "Catholic"

Seeded on Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:12 PM EST ()

When it comes to contraception, Catholics have stopped listening to popes, bishops and other institutional leaders. It seems the only person left listening is President Obama.

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Is Prepping a Patient "Assisting In An Abortion"?

Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:48 PM EST (RH Realith Check)

The recent legal case of a group of anti-choice nurses who claim they had their rights violated when the hospital forced them to participate in performing abortions became a bit of a head-scratcher when both sides claimed the other was lying.

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Without Comment or Apology, Facebook Quietly Removes Rape-Joke Pages : Ms Magazine Blog

Seeded on Tue Nov 8, 2011 9:35 AM EST (Ms. Blog)

After more than three months of complaints from users, a grand total of over 200,000 petition signatures (186,000 of them on a single Change.org petition), a Twitter campaign, the withdrawal of several major advertisers and an outpouring of harsh criticism from a multitude of f …

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Do New Health Law Mandates Threaten Conscience Rights and Access to Care? | RH Reality Check

Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 1:08 PM EDT ()

Like many Catholics, I accept that conscience has a role to play in providing healthcare services, but recent moves to expand conscience protections beyond the simple right for individual healthcare providers to refuse to provide services to which they personally object go too  …

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It's Not About the Egg/Zygote/Embryo/Fetus: Re-claiming the Abortion Debate | RH Reality Check

Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 11:15 AM EDT ()

For those of us who have come of age as feminists in the past few decades, the opposition to abortion we’ve encountered has virtually always centered on the life of the (choose one) fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus.

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Amendment on 'personhood' needs work, DeWine says | The Columbus Dispatch

Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:05 AM EDT (The Columbus Dispatch)

Supporters plan to appeal a decision yesterday by Attorney General Mike DeWine rejecting language for a petition drive to define life as beginning at conception. DeWine concluded that Personhood Ohio’s proposed constitutional amendment summary is not a “fair and tr …

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The Criminalization of Abortion is an Abuse of State Power | RH Reality Check

Seeded on Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:26 PM EDT ()

On Monday October 24, 2011 the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health will present a report to the UN that unequivocally tells governments they must remove laws that criminalize abortion.

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